Chapter 117: Acquiring the Second Supreme Divine Relic

The Heavenly and Earthly Law quickly faded, and Xiao En's surroundings returned to normal;

"Having an extra Great Perfection‑ranked willpower power, my strength is considerably higher than that of an ordinary Lord," Xiao En judged in his mind;

The gap between a Lord and a mid‑tier Lord God is two units of willpower power, but the gap between Lord‑God ranks is slightly weaker than a single Great Perfection unit. I possess two Great Perfection‑ranked willpower units, so just by willpower I am far stronger, and my mystic aspect is also far superior; moreover, with the innate divine skill of the Underworld Scorpion and so on, my overall strength definitely surpasses Hu Erlei.

However, against Aogusita I'm still a bit lacking, not because of weaker strength, but because that fellow may have two Supreme Divine Artifacts, which counter me.

The best way is still to complete the Supreme God mission; then I will be completely unafraid of him.

Just as Xiao En was pondering, several high‑rank gods' divine consciousnesses probed in, and on the Qingyuan Material Plane, only his son and daughter Tuoya and Keleier dared such casual probing.

"Tuoya, Keleier, come here," Xiao En, in high spirits, called his later arrivals.

Tuoya and Keleier flew into the forbidden zone of the Qingyuan Material Plane, the desert area where their father was in seclusion, and upon reaching Xiao En said, "We have seen you, Father. Just now we sensed the Heavenly and Earthly Law descending on the Divine Plane from the direction of your location, so we came to take a look, right?"

Keleier asked, "Father, you are alone here, and just now the Heavenly and Earthly Law appeared again—could it be that your Life Rule has broken through to Great Perfection?"

Nowadays on the Qingyuan Material Plane, there are still many high‑rank gods—some seeded by the father's Soul Seed, some friends the father invited. Though they know Xiao En is a Great Perfection, they are unaware of his other two divine avatars.

But as Xiao En's children, they naturally know their father's divine avatars are already high‑rank gods, with a typical Light Rule talent and a Life Rule talent that is much stronger, approaching Death Rule.

If another breakthrough occurs, it should naturally be Life Rule.

"Ha ha, dual‑path Great Perfection is not that easy," Xiao En chuckled and shook his head, "You need not know the specifics. Remember, do not tell anyone about this, and the same applies when you go to the Divine Plane in the future."

His soul‑mutated status is known by no one between Heaven and Earth, not even his most trusted subordinates or children;

He has no need to tell them; even if he did, it would bring no benefit and might create a slight risk.

"Yes, Father," the two replied, and Tuoya added, "Father, may we prepare to go to the Divine Plane?"

As the Great Perfection between Heaven and Earth, Xiao En is already an invincible being, yet he still restricts his family from entering the Divine Plane, which puzzles his kin.

Xiao En shook his head, "Wait a bit longer; I still have matters to attend to. Time is infinite, no rush. However, I will find some Water‑affinity and Dark‑affinity masters to come here and instruct you, so you can advance further on the cultivation path."

After achieving Death Rule Great Perfection, his Soul Seed ability was further enhanced, not only increasing his odds in plane wars but also making other tasks much easier.

After Tuoya and Keleier left, Xiao En's form flashed and appeared inside a submerged palace in the southern sea of Qingyuan Continent;

"We have seen you, Master," several silhouettes inside the palace, sensing Xiao En's aura, immediately knelt and said.

Xiao En said indifferently, "I have a task for you. In the future I need you to go to various Divine Planes and the Supreme Plane, then, using Soul Seed or ordinary means, enter the Lord God's army surrounding the teleportation array, and find a way to guard the array long‑term;

Once you succeed, I will assign you further missions."

The most unique aspect of Death Rule is its ability to Soul Seed Confusion; it is valued by many Lords, not solely for raw strength, and as a Great Perfection he knows that if the Soul Seed ability is well used, its effect is enormous;

Therefore, long ago he sought out solitary Death Rule masters in the Underworld and other Divine Planes—typically six‑star, some seven‑star. These are not expendable like other rule masters; he placed each of them on the Qingyuan Plane, waiting for future use.

Now he knows the appearance of the one wielding the Supreme Divine Relic Hellfire Staff; without sensing a soul aura, even the Lord God's divine consciousness might not locate them. Thus assigning people to guard all teleportation arrays is the most feasible method for now, though it is still a gamble.

"Yes, Master," the hundreds below split their divine avatars, and the Death divine avatar headed toward the teleportation array.

When Xiao En originally selected these people, he prioritized those with divine avatars, which consumed much effort; after all, many people's avatars are separate, and even attempting Soul Seed on them is not easy;

Nevertheless it only took a little time; for a Great Perfection, time is cheap.

Hundreds of years later, Xiao En remained on the Qingyuan Material Plane, and the hundreds he dispatched each, through their own strength, means, or even bribed wealth, took positions beside the teleportation arrays of various planes.

Xiao En also informed these people's divine avatars on the Qingyuan Plane of his humanoid appearance; thereafter he simply waited—so long as that person moves between Divine Planes, he may have a chance to locate them.

Now only the Death Lord, the Nether Lord God, and he himself know this information; although the Lord God has abundant resources, he cannot intervene in other Lord Gods' teleportation arrays, even a Rule Lord. If such a request arose, other Lords would likely guess the situation, so the Death Lord must be extremely cautious even when seeking people.

Even the Death Lord God cannot, like him, use sufficiently seeded Death Rule masters to infiltrate each teleportation array across the Divine Planes.

Most importantly, she assumes only he knows between Heaven and Earth; if the Hellfire Staff itself does not reveal itself first, she gains a huge advantage, so the urgency lessens.

Thus time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye tens of thousands of years passed. Suddenly, a fire‑affinity high‑rank god rushed before Xiao En and said, "Master, I have found the person you seek; he is now at the teleportation array on the Earth Divine Plane's Heavenly Sand Continent."

"Really?" Xiao En rejoiced, then said, "Immediately find a way to track him. Remember, do not act rashly; you may not be his match. Follow him covertly; I will send experts."

Judging from the Hellfire Staff's prior power, even a typical seven‑star demon may not match it; likewise, the Life Supreme Divine Relic in the original work is highly special, its destructive aura even stronger, brimming with slaughter;

If the person who knows the situation is killed, their trail is lost and locating them again becomes difficult; moreover, if a Lord God discovers it and offers it to any Rule Lord, he will have no further chance.

"Yes," the newcomer said, "That person rides a metallic lifeform and travels the usual trade routes; I am behind him, should be fine."

Xiao En nodded, "Alright, stay safe; I will dispatch people at once."

On the Qingyuan Continent plane, at the headquarters of the Woke family, two men were drinking and chatting when a slight energy ripple occurred nearby, and a figure appeared beside them.

"Mr. Xiao En / Teacher?" Parhaus and Dannington, upon seeing Xiao En, quickly rose.

Xiao En smiled, "Sit, make yourself comfortable. How have things been on the Qingyuan Plane these past days?"

"This plane is quite nice. I was born in Hell, and only now realize that the various creature wars of the material planes are also very interesting," Dannington laughed.

Xiao En laughed, "Creatures of the material planes have a lifespan limit, so their aspirations actually exceed those of divine‑level beings on the Divine Plane; often they harbor all sorts of conspiracies, and the myriad magics are very entertaining—far more engaging than battles on the Divine Plane."

Although the Divine Plane's power is greater, duels between masters are indeed dull; still, that's normal—once power reaches its peak, engagements become exceedingly simple.

Parhaus added, "Ha ha, I also enjoy the material planes; if not for pursuing the pinnacle of power, I wouldn't want to return to the Divine Plane."

"To reach the pinnacle you must go to the Divine Plane," Xiao En continued, "I have a matter: I need both of you to go to the Earth Divine Plane; there is a person there wielding a very formidable weapon;

Dannington, once you lock onto the target, attempt a direct Soul Seed; do not let him retrieve the weapon from the spatial ring."

Long ago he sent Dannington and Parhaus from the Underworld to the Qingyuan Material Plane, waiting for the moment the holder of the Supreme Divine Relic is discovered, then to act.

Because it is inconvenient for him to appear, the Great Perfection showing up on any Divine Plane could attract the Lord God's attention; even if a Lord God dares not offend the Death Lord, finding the Hellfire Staff would still expose him.

"A Supreme Artifact? Why place it inside a spatial ring?" Dannington asked, puzzled.

Xiao En shook his head, "No need to ask that. In any case be cautious; if you fail and he resists, eliminate him at all costs as quickly as possible. I will provide enough seven‑star demons for you."

Even the Hellfire Staff has limits; it cannot unleash Great Perfection power. As long as enough of my masters use Lord God power to kill him instantly, the chance of attracting the Lord God's notice is low.

Of course, it might not be lethal; the original work's nine Spirit Pearls are also bizarre, and the Hellfire Staff's power is uncertain. However, when he obtained the Obsidian Spear, his strongest attack still killed Nasir, so the Destruction Supreme Divine Relic leans toward slaughter rather than the Life Supreme Divine Relic's penchant for protecting beings.

"That many?" Parhaus was also startled, then replied, "Master, we will take the shortcut and exert all effort to capture that person and bring him back."

"Alright, bring him back if you can; if not, kill him and then retrieve the spatial ring," Xiao En nodded.

Since it is uncertain whether the target has a divine avatar, everything is troublesome; he can only hope Dannington's ambush succeeds, bringing him back via direct Soul Seed, which would make things much easier for him.

A few months later, on the Earth Divine Plane, Heavenly Sand Continent.

A metallic lifeform sped forward, unaware that hundreds of masters were behind it.

Parhaus asked: "Danting, how do you prepare?"

Danting said: "I will hide my strength, pretend to be a mid-level god approaching, you few pretend to be bandits chasing me, then I will try to ambush."

Given the strength of many people present, if it's not great perfection or a double-defense main god artifact, they basically must die, but their core purpose is ambush.

Parhaus asked: "Are you confident?"

"About seventy percent, I can only try." Danting replied.

He is a soul mutation identity, also not told anyone, although reached peak level, even with main god power, the soul mutation's strength advantage is gone;

But the scouting advantage remains, divine sense sweeps over upper-level gods, they cannot detect them.

"Okay, then let's follow the plan." Parhaus quickly assigned tasks.

After an hour, in front of the purple-gold metallic life, a gray-clad "mid-level god" suddenly approached from below, loudly saying: "Sir, please save my life, bandits are chasing me."

"Get lost." A cold voice came from inside the metallic life.

The gray-clad "mid-level god" glanced at the approaching bandits behind, seemed to have given up, loudly roared: "Dog bastard, if you don't save me, you'll also be killed by the bandits."

The bandits behind seemed stunned, inside the metallic life, a roar: "Seek death."

Only see a black figure suddenly appear before the metallic life, a long sword fiercely slashing down at the gray-clad mid-level god, the space of the earth god plane seemed to have a ripple.

Just as they approached, the gray-clad mid-level god's eyes turned cold, a soul attack shot out; at this distance, the black figure hadn't reacted before being directly hit, and then his long sword was also directly caught by the gray-clad mid-level god.

"Haha, success." Beside, a mist appeared, Parhaus appeared around Danting,

He had just been hiding nearby, in case of an accident, then immediately strike to kill the opponent.

Danting said: "This strength is quite ordinary, I don't know why sir is so cautious."

Parhaus laughed: "Just look at this person's memory, wouldn't that be fine?"

"The person the sir wants, I cannot look at his memory." Danting hurriedly said.

If one does something else, with Shawn's great perfection soul achievement, it can be found out;

Even though relations with Shawn are good, the status gap is absolutely not to be offended casually.

Parhaus nodded: "Haha, then let's go back."

After a month, Shawn had been waiting at the teleportation array; when the person is brought back, immediately implant a soul seed, and demand they open the spatial ring, then give it to himself.

Shawn immediately dropped a drop of blood onto it, divine sense probed inside, a black rod two meters long was inside.

The second supreme god token has been obtained.

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